The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 11
我对设计原理略知一二,而我知道这东西的排列完全不符合任何辐射、交替、重复、对称,或任何我所听说过的规律。
I know a little of the principle of design, and I know this thing was not arranged on any laws of radiation, or alternation, or repetition, or symmetry, or anything else that I ever heard of.
当然,它随着幅宽重复出现,但除此之外便别无规律可言。
It is repeated, of course, by the breadths, but not otherwise.
从某个角度看,每一幅宽自成一体,那些臃肿的曲线与花纹——一种带着震颤性谵妄的"堕落罗曼式"风格——摇摇摆摆地在孤立的愚蠢纵列中上下蜿蜒。
Looked at in one way each breadth stands alone, the bloated curves and flourishes—a kind of "debased Romanesque" with delirium tremens—go waddling up and down in isolated columns of fatuity.
然而从另一个角度来看,它们沿对角线相互连接,那蔓延散乱的轮廓延伸成巨大的斜行波浪,令视觉感到恐惧,犹如一群翻滚的海藻在全力追逐奔涌。
But, on the other hand, they connect diagonally, and the sprawling outlines run off in great slanting waves of optic horror, like a lot of wallowing seaweeds in full chase.
整体也呈水平走向,至少看起来如此,而我竭尽心力地想辨别它在那个方向上的排列规律,却徒劳无功。
The whole thing goes horizontally, too, at least it seems so, and I exhaust myself in trying to distinguish the order of its going in that direction.
他们将一条横向的幅宽用作檐壁装饰,这使得整体更加令人困惑不已。
They have used a horizontal breadth for a frieze, and that adds wonderfully to the confusion.
房间的某一端图案几乎完好无损,当交叉的光线消退、低垂的阳光直射其上时,我几乎会产生幻觉,以为那里终究存在某种辐射状的规律——那无穷无尽的怪诞图案仿佛围绕着一个共同的中心聚拢,而后以同等的疯狂势头向四面八方猛冲而去。
There is one end of the room where it is almost intact, and there, when the cross-lights fade and the low sun shines directly upon it, I can almost fancy radiation after all,—the interminable grotesques seem to form around a common centre and rush off in headlong plunges of equal distraction.
跟随这图案令我疲惫不堪。我想我要打个盹了。
It makes me tired to follow it. I will take a nap, I guess.
我不知道自己为何要写这些。
I don't know why I should write this.
我不想写。
I don't want to.
我感到力不从心。
I don't feel able.
而且我知道约翰会认为这荒唐可笑。
And I know John would think it absurd.
Vocabulary
- know
- 认识、了解或掌握信息
- little
- 小的、少量的或微小的
- of
- 表示所有格或关系的介词
- principle
- 基本原则、原理或道德准则
- design
- 设计、图案或故意的计划
- thing
- 物体、事物或东西
- arranged
- 安排、整理或组织某事
- any
- 任何的、一些的或某个
- laws
- 法律、规则或自然法则
- radiation
- 辐射、放射或光线发出
- alternation
- 交替、轮流或交替出现
- repetition
- 重复、重申或多次出现
- symmetry
- 对称、均衡或相同的两部分
- anything
- 任何事物、东西或某事
- else
- 其他的、别的或另外的
- ever
- 曾经、永远或任何时候
- heard
- 听到、听见或得知某事
- repeated
- 重复的、多次出现的
- course
- 课程、路线或当然的
- breadths
- 宽度、幅度或宽度的复数
- otherwise
- 否则、除此之外或别的方面
- Looked
- 看、观看或似乎的过去式
- way
- 方式、道路或方法
- each
- 每个、各个或每一个
- breadth
- 宽度、幅度或宽度
- stands
- 站立、保持状态或位置
- alone
- 独自、单独或孤独的
- bloated
- 肿胀的、浮肿的或臃肿的
- curves
- 曲线、弯曲或弧形
- flourishes
- 繁荣、装饰或华丽的笔画
- kind
- 种类、类型或善良的
- debased
- Romanesque
- 罗马式的建筑风格
- delirium
- 谵妄、精神混乱或狂乱
- tremens
- 颤抖的或震动的
- go
- 去、行走或开始
- waddling
- 摇晃地走、蹒跚行走
- isolated
- 孤立的、隔离的或单独的
- columns
- 柱子、圆柱或栏目
- fatuity
- 愚蠢、蠢行或傻气
- other
- 其他的、另外的
- hand
- 手或另一方面
- connect
- 连接、联系或相连
- diagonally
- 对角线地、斜线地
- sprawling
- 蔓延的、展开的或散布的
- outlines
- 轮廓、大纲或边界
- run
- 跑、运行或流动
- off
- 离开、关闭或远离
- great
- 伟大的、大的或了不起的
- slanting
- 倾斜的、斜的或倾向的
- waves
- 波浪、波或摇动
- optic
- 视觉的、光学的或眼睛的
- horror
- 恐怖、恐惧或令人厌恶
- like
- 喜欢、相似或像
- lot
- 许多、一群或地块
- wallowing
- 打滚、沉溺或陷入
- seaweeds
- 海草、海藻或水草
- full
- 满的、充满的或完全的
- chase
- 追逐、追赶或雕刻
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